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Prone Quotes

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A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself.
Augustus Hare

All institutions are prone to corruption and to the vices of their members.
Morris West

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
Ovid

But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field - to enhance their physical appearance.
Bo Jackson

How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky.
E. T. A. Hoffmann

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
Alexander Pope

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.
Rene Descartes

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.
Ruud van Nistelrooy

I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.
John Legend

I'm more prone to his '70s material, which is what I was around for and watched a lot. I listen to a lot of that stuff. It probably influenced me quite a bit. I'm more drawn to the darker, sadder songs.
Lisa Marie Presley

I've always been very image prone, along the lines of bands like Black Sabbath and even Devo.
Peter Steele

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
Sallust

Men are more prone to cheating, definitely.
Blu Cantrell

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.
Thomas Fuller

Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.
Amy Lowell

Nuclear weapons are intrinsically neither moral nor immoral, though they are more prone to immoral use than most weapons.
Herman Kahn

The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.
Sarah Bernhardt

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
Irving Babbitt

The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
Frances Burney

The school was prone to dishing out punishments for anything creative that didn't fit with expectation - I just followed the logic and figured the folk club was probably much the same.
David Knopfler

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